TripAdvisor Reviews Liuyuan Business Hotel Taicang

Travel Blogs from Taicang

... in a cheap place. Mine was tasty and a bit spicy. Susie's was very spicy. She didn't finish much of her meal and even managed to spit some spicy saliva over my face so when we got back to the hostel she had a plate of chips. In the evening we had another look at the Bell tower as Eddie said it's pretty awesome when it's lit up at night and it was! Had a quick look at the Drum Tower too before going back again for a night cap and bed time. On Wednesday we went to see the Terracotta ...

... Where you live must gives a perspective on where you visit, our first thoughts on arriving get in China ware shock at how Western it is, they even have McDonalds! Coming from the UK the Asian-ness would probably hit, but after a year in Vientiane, anywhere with a Starbucks is a shock to the system. The next thought on arriving in Shanghai was how cold it was - again, we were coming from 40+ in Vientiane so a bit of a change, a much welcomed change!! After ...

... in the morning enjoying hundreds of Chinese doing their daily exercise on the promenade street...ballroom dancing one day, swing the next, doing tai chi, and other assorted forms of exercise with both women and men wearing their traditional silk pajamas. Soldiers giving men and women hair cuts. Folks standing on line to have their blood pressure taken and their medical issues addressed. Puts a smile on your face. But come 9 am, the streets are jammed ...

I had forgotten that there was a major convention being held at the hotel today and the taxi queue was about a block long. Fortunately there was only one couple ahead of us in the residents line so we walked up and showed our room key. Funny that just a few weeks ago I was loathe to the idea of getting special treatment in the taxi line but that day I was cutting ahead of a lot of locals, ...

Happy May Day - May 1st is China's Labor Day - it's a three day weekend, the holiday was on Sunday but we also got the 2nd off work. Today its rainy and hazy so I'm enjoying a day at home to catch up on things - enjoying the peace and solitude of my own apartment after the day in Shanghai yesterday - by the end of the day I had my fill of crowds, shoving in lines - and navigating my way ...